As always, we have a group of children who need sponsorship to start school in January – we call this Project Education. They are our first priority – Loveness, Pray and Anna are already sponsored, but Queen, Isaak and Auntie still need your help... If they can get sponsors, they will be starting at a fantastic local school called Amani (Peace) Academy, which has ranked highest in the region on national tests for the last several years, and in fact ranked within the top 25 schools in all of Tanzania! Unlike in prior years, however, they won't be going as boarders – they will instead be cared for in a family-style pilot house, run on the same model we plan to use in the children's village, with 6 children and a set of volunteers and mamas working together to create a happy, healthy environment that is as close to a family structure as possible. In the long term, our goal is to have all of the orphanage children living in similar houses in our children's village.

This year, we are also trying to find sponsors for all of the orphanage children... As each child gets a sponsor, we will add their ornament to the tree, so you can see the progress we are making. Let's fill it up!